From initially a few local species, breeders in Ho Chi Minh City have developed more new hybrid ones with eye-catching appearance, meeting increasing demand from both local and foreign markets.

In 2018, Ho Chi Minh City led the nation in producing some 182 million ornamental fish. It earned 22.4 million USD from exporting more than 20 million fish.

Vietnamese ornamental fish are popular in many choosy markets such as the US, the EU, and the Middle-East, becoming a million-dollar urban agriculture sector.

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https://en.vietnamplus.vn/exhibition-on-vietnam-opens-in-mexico/160433.vnpAn exhibition on Vietnam opened in Mexico City on Sept. 12 to introduce Vietnam’s land and people to local people.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, Vietnamese Ambassador to Mexico Nguyen Hoai Duong voiced his expectation that the pictures taken by Vietnam News Agency journalists would give audience an insight into Vietnam in modern days.

Director of Mexico City Department of Culture Jose Alfonso Suarez del Real y Aguilera said through the pictures, Mexican people will now see Vietnam as a beautiful and peaceful country.

The exhibition is scheduled to last until September 30.-VNA

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https://en.vietnamplus.vn/artisans-keep-traditional-midautumn-festival-alive/160430.vnpFolk toys are now lost among the digital products of modern life. However, there are still people who quietly preserve the craft of making traditional toys, keeping the beauty of Mid-Autumn season of the old days.

Nguyen Van Quyen, an artisan in Cao Vien Commune, Thanh Oai District, in Hanoi has made Den keo quan (a traditional handmade lantern with vivid rotating paper-cut figures on the cover) for more than half a lifetime. There are only two families preserving the traditional craft in Dan Vien.

Quyen’s family is mainly providing toys to schools and museums at special occasions, rarely supplying them to the market.

It’s not just families like Quyen’s trying to conserve the craft of making folk toys.

Over the last 40 years, artisan Nguyen Manh Hung still diligently makes Mid-Autumn toys from recycled cans like this. He is the only one preserving the craft.

Even though society is rapidly developing, there are men still making folk toys. For them, it is a responsibility to preserve the culture of the family, as well as the core values of the traditional festival.-VNA